Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates August 4 (heats)
August 6 (final)
Medalists
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1st Henry Eriksson
 Sweden
2nd Lennart Strand
 Sweden
3rd Wim Slijkhuis
 Netherlands
← 1936
1952 →
Athletics at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Athletics pictogram.svg
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
10 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place August 4 and August 6. The final was won by Swede Henry Eriksson.

Results

Heats

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Final

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
1st Henry Eriksson  Sweden 3:49.8
2nd Lennart Strand  Sweden 3:50.4
3rd Wim Slijkhuis  Netherlands 3:50.4
4 Václav Čevona  Czechoslovakia 3:51.2
5 Gösta Bergkvist  Sweden 3:52.2
6 Bill Nankeville  Great Britain 3:52.6
7 Don Gehrmann  United States 3:54.4
8 Erik Jørgensen  Denmark 3:54.5
9 Sándor Garay  Hungary 3:56.1
10 Josy Barthel  Luxembourg 3:56.9
11 Denis Johansson  Finland
12 Marcel Hansenne  France 4:02.0

References